Sergio Martino

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Sergio Martino (born July 19, 1938 in Rome ) is an Italian film director and screenwriter who is best known for his Gialli , police and horror films of the Italian exploitation films of the 1970s.

Life

Martino is the nephew of the director Gennaro Righelli and the brother of the film producer Luciano Martino . Although he began studying geology, he soon turned to film and (after appearing as an actor in 1959) worked in various functions from 1962, such as assistant director to Mario Bava , production manager for Bruno Corbucci and organizer for several films that his brother produced. In 1969 he made his directorial debut with the Mondo film Mondo Sex . In the following years he continued with u. a. The killer of Vienna , Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave and Torso focused on films of the Giallo genre, also shot films of the western genre , erotic comedies, horror , police and film with technical skill and directing routine Cannibal films . Even in the 1980s Martino remained loyal to Italian genre cinema with films such as the end-of-time science fiction film Fireflash - The Day After the End , and from 1984 also began to work increasingly for television.

Since his brother was in a relationship with Edwige Fenech in the 1970s, she can be seen in a few films produced by Luciano and directed by Sergio.

Filmography (selection)

  • 1969: Mondo Sex (Mille peccati… nessuna virtù)
  • 1970: Death says Amen (Arizona si scatenò… e li fece fuori tutti!)
  • 1971: The Killer of Vienna (Lo strano vizio della Signora Wardh)
  • 1971: The Scorpion's Tail ( La coda dello scorpione )
  • 1972: All the colors of the night (Tutti i colori del buio)
  • 1973: Il tuo vizio è una stanza chiusa e solo io ne ho la chiave
  • 1973: The Devil's Saw (I corpi presentano tracce di violenza carnale)
  • 1973: Violent Professionals (Milano trema - la polizia vuole giustizia)
  • 1974: Sexy Relation (Cugini carnali)
  • 1975: The silent killer (La polizia accusa: il servizio segreto uccide)
  • 1975: Hunting without mercy (La città gioca d'azzardo)
  • 1976: Do Men Have to Be Beautiful? (40 degrees all'ombra del lenzuolo)
  • 1977: Mannaja - The ax of death (Mannaja)
  • 1978: The white goddess of cannibals (La montagna del dio cannibale)
  • 1979: Island of the New Monsters (L'isola degli uomini pesce)
  • 1979: The sacred beast of the Kumas (Il fiume del grande caimano)
  • 1980: Vacation report of single women (La moglie in vacanza… l'amante in città)
  • 1981: Love Spaghetti Love (Spaghetti a mezzanotte)
  • 1982: Don't Play with Tigers (Ricchi, ricchissimi, praticamente in mutande)
  • 1983: Fireflash - The day after the end (2019 - Dopo la caduta di New York)
  • 1984: L'allenatore nel pallone
  • 1986: Paco - The fighting machine of death (Vendetta dal futuro)
  • 1987: The Opponent - His toughest opponent (Qualcuno pagherà?)
  • 1988: Casablanca Express (Casablanca Express)
  • 1989: American rickshaw (American Risciò)
  • 1990: Code Condor (Sulle tracce del condor)
  • 1990: Hell of the Damned (Mal d'Africa)
  • 1992: The Hunt for Arthur (Un orso chiamato Arturo)
  • 1993: Sonja's excesses (Graffiante desiderio)
  • 1995: The island of the new monsters 2 (La regina degli uomini pesce)
  • 1998: The Beloved and the Priest (Padre papà)
  • 2000: One last dream (L'ultimo sogno)
  • 2008: L'allenatore nel pallone 2

actor

  • 2015: Eaten Alive! The Rise and Fall of the Italian Cannibal Film

literature

  • -MAERZ- (Axel Estein): cannibals - meat is meat . In: Splatting Image, No. 8 , Berlin 1991, pages 5-14

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Roberto Poppi: Dizionario del cinema italiano. I registers. Gremese Editore, Rome 2002, pp. 272/273
personal data
SURNAME Martino, Sergio
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome , Italy